The Yemeni government is studying a UN proposal to extend the armistice
Hans Grundberg
Sources close to the Yemeni government said that the Yemeni authorities had received a proposal from the UN envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to extend the armistice for a period of 6 months, and it includes new provisions and proposals regarding the expansion of the armistice.
The sources indicated that the proposal will be studied and responded to within the next few days, and there may be a study of some of the proposals contained in it, especially since the Houthi militias have not implemented any of the previous items.
The UN proposal comes in conjunction with a diplomatic movement and an international and regional desire to extend and expand the truce and build on it for a lasting peace in Yemen, which was suggested by the US envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, that the truce be extended for another 6 months.
The head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, indicated in a "virtual discussion panel" organized by the Middle East Institute, yesterday evening, that the militias set new conditions and demands to agree to the extension of the truce, while the militias did not implement the previous demands and commitments.
While he stressed the need for the militias to open Taiz roads, before any discussion of new proposals, Al-Alimi revealed that there are proposals related to passports, oil derivatives, and employee salaries.
On the ground, the Houthi militias continued their violations of the UN armistice, and launched a massive attack on the Yemeni army and the resistance positions on the fronts of the eastern Balk sector in the southern axis of the Marib governorate, and it was repelled and the attackers were forced to retreat.
On the western coast, the military media of the joint Yemeni forces reported that the militias committed more than 90 violations of the truce during the past few hours, concentrated in the south of Hodeidah and west of Taiz, and used booby-trapped marches.
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